The OmniTread serpentine robot for industrial inspection and surveillance

Industrial Robot

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Granosik, Grzegorz ^a,b   Hansen, Malik G ^a   Borenstein, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Pneumatic equipment; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ENERGY STORAGE; INSPECTION; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

ADAPTABILITY; INDUSTRIAL INSPECTION; OPTIMAL JOINT ACTUATORS; PNEUMATIC POWER;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 18844389942     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910510582264     Document Type: Article

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